George c



. KIBBE, Jr.

(No Model.) G

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

No. 449,817. Patented Apr. 7,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. KIBBE, JR, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,817, dated April'7, 1891.

Application filed June 2, 1890. Serial No: 353,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. KIBBE, Jr., of the city of New York, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to produce a garment-supporter that issimple in construction and that will firmly hold the garment to which itis attached without the liability of tearing it.

I willnow proceed to describe my invention with reference to theaccompanying drawings, and then point out the novel features in theclaim.

Figures 1 and 2 represent front views of two examples of my invention.-Fig. 3 represents a portion of a limb on which there is a part of a sockand drawers with one form of my invention attached thereto.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 3, A designates a frame,which may be conveniently stamped out of sheet metal or which mayequally well be made of wire. The central portion of the frameincloses'an aperture a, which in this instance is of substantiallycircular form. Branching from this aperture at either end thereof areslots a (L The slot at is considerably wider than the slot a the widthof the slot at being somewhat wider than the shank of a button or ballB, which is attached to one side of the frame by a flexible connectionI).

The supporter is attached as follows Place the frame in front of thesock and the button B at the back thereof about opposite the centralaperture a,- press the button through said aperture, taking aportion ofthe sock with it, and then draw the portion of sock and the 40 portionof the material, as at e, and drawing it into the narrow slot a Onreaching the end the material will be firmly held. The two articles arenow firmly connected and the sock supported in proper position on thewearer.

In Fig. 3 the two slots a a are of substantially the same width, and theframe has flexibly connected thereto two buttons B on opposite sidesthereof. Where the ends of two garments are to be fastened together, Iprefer to use this form of my invention. As the method of attaching thisexample is identical with the method of attaching the lower end of theexample in Fig. 1, further description of it is unnecessary.

Though I have explained and shown my invention as connecting together asock and drawers, I do not confine myself to such use, as I mayobviously use it for connecting other garments, shortening sleeves &c;

That I claim as my invention is- A garment-supporter consisting of aframe having a slot and a wider opening with which said slotcommunicates, a button, and a cord or chain connecting the button withthe frame, whereby the saidbutton has a free movement relative to theframe in either direction, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE O. KIBBE, JR. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, F. GEORGE BARRY.

